Through the Eyes of a Child : An Introduction to Children's Literature

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In its seventh edition, "Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children's Literature" continues to be a visually stunning, theoretically sound, comprehensive overview of children's literature. It focuses squarely on selecting and evaluating quality literature to share with children and guiding them to appreciate and respond to that literature. This edition features multicultural literature and young adult literature in every chapter, expanded coverage of biographies and informational books and over 100 new children's titles referenced throughout. A children's literature CD-ROM accompanies the book and contains bibliographic information for thousands of titles, making it even easier to share quality literature with children and adolescents.

The Child Responds to Literature

1

(40)

Values of Literature for Children

2

(1)

Promoting Child Development Through Literature

3

(31)

Language Development

3

(7)

Cognitive Development

10

(9)

Personality Development

19

(7)

Social Development

26

(8)

Children's Responses to Literature

34

(4)

Factors Within Readers

34

(1)

Factors Within Texts

34

(1)

Factors Within Contexts

35

(1)

Responses

35

(1)

Analyzing Responses

36

(1)

The Rote of Motivation

36

(2)

Suggested Activities

38

(3)

The History of Children's Literature

41

(32)

Milestones in the History of Children's Literature

43

(20)

The Oral Tradition

43

(1)

Early Printed Books

44

(2)

The Puritan Influence

46

(1)

John Locke's Influence on Views of Childhood

47

(1)

Charles Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose

47

(1)

The Adventure Stories of Defoe and Swift

48

(1)

Newbery's Books for Children

48

(2)

Rousseau's Philosophy of Natural Development

50

(1)

William Blake's Poetry About Children

50

(1)

The Fairy Tales of Andersen and the Brothers Grimm

50

(1)

Early Illustrators of Children's Books

51

(3)

The Victorian Influence

54

(2)

Fantasy Adventure, and Real People

56

(7)

The History of Censorship

63

(2)

Children and the Family in Children's Literature

65

(7)

The Child and the Family, 1856-1903

65

(2)

The Child and the Family, 1938-1960

67

(1)

The Child and the Family, 1969-2000

68

(4)

Suggested Activities

72

(1)

Evaluating and Selecting Literature for Children

73

(42)

Standards, Literary Elements and Book Section

74

(1)

Standards for Evaluating Books and Literary Criticism

75

(2)

Literary Elements

77

(19)

Plot

77

(5)

Characterization

82

(3)

Setting

85

(4)

Theme

89

(3)

Style

92

(1)

Point of View

93

(2)

Stereotypes

95

(1)

The Right Book for Each Child

96

(2)

Accessibility

96

(1)

Readability

97

(1)

Interest and Reader Response

97

(1)

The Child as Critic

98

(1)

Evaluation Criteria-Literary Criticism: Questions to Ask Myself When I Judge a Book

If you are an adult who wants to share books with children,Through the Eyes of a Childis written for you. Whether the children's literature course is offered in the department of Education, English, or Library Science, the text's unique two-part chapter organization and special features provide a meaningful guide to understanding children's literature. What you will find in this new edition is a stronger focus on teaching, with voices from the field, new teaching ideas, and student artifacts. The same quality of literary criticism; the strongest, most researched treatment of multicultural literature; streamlined prose; integrated technology; innovative and meaningful special features; and a balance between new and classic titles are other strong components of this revision. Organization Unique Two-Part Chapter Organization Beginning in Chapter 3 and extending through Chapter 12, each chapter is purposely divided into two parts. The first discusses in depth the characteristics, history, and the classic and best new titles of each genre suitable for courses emphasizing Education, English, or Library Science. The second part of each genre chapter contains streamlined, classroom-tested strategies for teaching children with the best literature, providing readers with the best methods for using children's literature in their classrooms. These chapters are now connected to an online activities book, which contains many more such strategies, that can be found at www.prenhall.com/norton . Strong Multicultural Theme Always the leader in multicultural literature scholarship, this new edition continues the strong multicultural theme with a dedicated chapter, as well as complete integration of important multicultural titles in every chapter, reflecting the importance of the literature, and the necessity of understanding and studying its contributions to all genres. New to This Edition New Titles for the Sixth Edition As in the past, there has been a careful selection of new books, which has resulted in the addition of hundreds of new titles representing the best children's books published since 1999. The books discussed in this edition were chosen for their quality of literature and to create a balance between new books and those that have stood the test of time and are considered to be classics. In addition to the newest literature, the text includes numerous adult references that reflect the viewpoints, issues, and scholarly findings of professionals who write and work in the area of children's literature. While hundreds of new titles were studied and included in this edition, hundreds of other titles were cut because the books are no longer in print. The exclusion of books that are out of print is meant to assist librarians, educators, and other professionals who may want to order the books that are discussed or mentioned in the text. However, a very limited number of out of print books are included, because they are still available in libraries, are the best examples for a specific discussion, or are just too good to be ignored. Emphasis on the Artistry Heartfelt thanks are extended to cover artist Yangsook Choi, whose distinctive illustrative style and writing have received acclaim fromThe New York Times(Outstanding Book of the Year),Publisher's Weekly(one of the most prominent new children's book artists of 1997), International Reading Association (Children's Book Award), American Library Association (Notable Book), and Oppenheim (Toy Portfolio Gold Award). Her beautiful original piece for our cover expresses the joy and celebration to be found, savored, and shared in quality literature, and we are grateful for and honored by her work for us. The beauty and artistry of children's literature begin with our cover and are carried throughout this beautiful text. The full